Mount Zion, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72830. It lies near Turkey Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Ludwig quadrangle.

Mount Zion within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1889 USGS Ozone quadrangle1:62500
1934 USGS Ozone quadrangle1:62500
1936 USGS Ozone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Ludwig quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Mount Zion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 432 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Arson/incendiarism	22
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Recreation and ceremony	4
Natural	2
Fireworks	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2013	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	GILLIAN SETS
21 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	GRAVE GAP
16 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	STRAWBERRY
16 September 2001	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1999	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mount Zion: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Eureka Brick Co. Clay Pit	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mount Vernon	1.2 miles	13
Martin Spring	1.3 miles	13
Hillcrest	1.5 miles	13
Lone Pine	3.4 miles	10
Ludwig	3.6 miles	13
Zadock (historical)	4.3 miles	13
Woodland	4.5 miles	10
Strawberry	5.1 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 59153. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.